Suspected Gang Members Killed By French Police

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March 30, 1996

ROUBAIX, FRANCE — Alerted by a car bomb in the nearby city of Lille, a French SWAT team stormed an apparent gang hideaway in Roubaix on Friday, killing four men suspected in a series of robberies and shootings in France and Belgium. Three suspected gang members fled over the border by car, opening fire on police when stopped for an identity check. Officers shot back, killing one. Another was arrested, and the third ran away. He was arrested after holding a dentist's wife and her cleaning lady hostage in the Belgian town of Courtrai. The women were not harmed.